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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catherine want music to celebrate?
(a) The human life cycle.
(b) The surprise of unexpected feelings.
(c) The idea that miracles happen daily.
(d) The birth of an ordinary girl.

2. What does walking on the beach with Anna remind Catherine about in regards to her students?
(a) What might happen if she gives up her music.
(b) The time interval of the tides.
(c) How writing music makes her feel.
(d) The sound of the water beating the shore.

3. Why was Liz shocked that Catherine had a child?
(a) She didn't know she was married.
(b) She thought she was moving back home.
(c) She knows it will impede her music career.
(d) She had never noticed she was pregnant.

4. What type of rhythm comes to Catherine as she thinks about celebration music?
(a) A drum beat steady and true like a heart beat.
(b) A sequence of highs and lows like life.
(c) Breathing rhythm in three-note sequence.
(d) The breathing and panting required in labor.

5. Who are many of Catherine's memories tied to?
(a) Mother.
(b) Father.
(c) Granny.
(d) Music Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Catherine wonder if Dave will still find her attractive?

2. Why is Catherine crying during the playing of her music?

3. Which word does Catherine use to describe how she is worried about her composition as rehearsals start?

4. Who did Catherine write this song for?

5. What does Catherine want to learn how to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Catherine remember her mother telling her about Catherine's birth?

2. How does Catherine describe Dave's work and how does she feel about it?

3. What does Catherine want to tell her mother after giving birth to Anna?

4. How does Catherine's father react to the news that she won't be coming home for Christmas and how does Catherine react to him?

5. How does Catherine say she feels throughout her pregnancy?

6. Why does Catherine decide she shouldn't pray to God?

7. What does Catherine remember one of her music teachers saying about lullabies?

8. Who takes Catherine to the ambulance and what does he tell her about the hospital?

9. What excuse does Dave give to Catherine for not coming to see her and Anna in the hospital?

10. What does Catherine realize about the celebration of birth through music?

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